Abstract
Prospects have been assessed for the application of the technique of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) in viscous ionic liquids. Use of the Fc0/+ redox couple (Fc = ferrocene) to obtain microelectrode approach curves revealed that the required steady state behaviour needed for analysis of data relevant to conducting platinum and insulating glass substrates is moderately easy to achieve in a 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([BMIM][BF4]) ionic liquid. However, in the more highly viscous 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquid, where significantly lower diffusion coefficients are encountered, approach-curve data that conform to steady state theory are only found with very small microelectrodes (e.g., ≤2 μm diameter), very slow electrode–substrate approach rates (e.g., ≤0.05 μm s–1), and long equilibration times (e.g., 50 s). A comparison is provided with SECM approach curves acquired in aqueous media. SECM images of an Ag substrate in contact with [BMIM][BF4] also are presented and are of only slightly inferior quality to images obtained in water.
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